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W. EATON & M. BLAND.

GLUING PRESS.

(Application led Aug. 15, 1900.)

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GLUING PRESS.

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WYMAN EATON AND MICHAEL ROLAND, OF DOLGEVILLE, NEW YORK, AS- SIGNORS TO THE AMERICAN FELT COMPANY, OF NET YORK, N. Y.

GLUlNG-PRESS- SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 661,398, dated November 6, lS. Application filed August l5, 1900. )Serial N0. 261,977. (No modali) To all whom it may concern; the motion of the treadle frees the hammer Be it known that we, VYMAN EATON and from the pressure of the slides. MICHAEL BOLAND, citizens of the United The stem i is carried or held by a strip r, States, residingat Dolgeville, in the county of which can be pressed or moved by screws s 5 Herkimer and State of New York, have intoward the i'elt 7L. The end screws by being 55 vented new and useful Improvements in Gluconnected to the strip r by loops or like coning-Presses, of which the following is aspecinectionst, Fig. 3, will serve not only to press ication. the strip toward the felt, but also to raise or By means of this press such operations as hold the strip away from the felt when re- 1o the gluing or securing of parts of piano-hamquired. oo mers to one another can be rapidly and ef- When the slides 7c have been pressed by lefectively accomplished; and the invention revers Z to the hammer, said slides can be fixed sides in the novel features of construction set or held in pressing position by screws l. forth in the following speciiication and claims These fixing-screws or fastenings l are shown 1 5 and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in supported by arms or carriers 2, which can 65 whichswing or swivel to carry the screws below or Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the out of the path of the slides to allow the latpress when open. Fig. 2 is an end View showter to move out ot action. Vhen the slides ing the press closed. Fig. 3 is a front elevaare in action or compressing, the screws l, bezo tion, parts of the press being broken away. ing swung to the level of the slides and .run 7o In the drawings is shown a frame or legs d th'ereagainst, will hold or tix the latter for with cross-piece l), having lugs or bearings c pressure. The carriers2are shown bailshape, for screws d, by which the rib e of holder f and a screw, as l, could be applied at each can be engaged to secure the holder in proper end of this bail; but one screw at one end of z5 position. Thisholderis shown trough-shaped the bail acting against the slides butting or 75 or with bottom and sides, the top being open. bracing directly against the other end of the Said holder has upper or laterally-extended bail has been found satisfactory in practice. flanges, as seen at f'. The sections g of a Arms 3 are provided for holding down the mold placed into the holder are such as are slides. These arms are carried by rock-shafts 3o required for the felt or head h of a certain 4 for moving the arms into and out of action. 8o piano-hammer or series of hammers-as, for Gears 5 connect the rock-shafts, so as to cause example, the hammers of the treble or bass. the arms to move together for the oppositely- The holder can of course be made of such located compression-slides, andthe handle or length as to accommodate a complete series lever ior the rock-shafts is shown in conven- 35 of hammers or felts for, say, one piano from ient position or reach of the attendant. Said 85 treble to bass. arms 3 are adjustable in length, being of suit- VVhen the stem portion i' of the hammer is able construction for this purpose, as threadpressed or held to the felt in the holder and edtubularpartswith connectingorscrewstem the compression-slides 7c, Fig. l, are made to and lock nuts or screws. The slides 7i: are 4o press the felt to the sides of the stem, a glue shown with seats or depressions 7, Fig. l, for 9o oradhesive having been properly applied,the receiving or holding the ends of arms hammer parts are assembled or caused to ad- When the arms 3 have been swung down or here. to the slides and the latter have been moved The actuating-levers Z for the slides are into action by the treadle q and fixed by 45 shown fulcrumed at m and linked at n to screws l, the press can be left to hold the elt 95 arms o, extended from rock-shaft p, having to the stem or molding i for any required treadle q. As the treadle is depressed the period of time. slides 7i: are actuated or moved toward one The individual molding with felt for each another over flanges f to press the sides or hammer can be placed into the strip r and 5o cheek parts oi' telt 7L to stem z'. Reversing` holder j" or strips ol" moldinglong enough for ico a set of hammers-as, for example, a bass set with corresponding strips of felt-can be pressed or glued together and then sawed into proper thickness or sections to form individual hammers.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-

1. A press provided with a holder and compressionslides, a treadle for actuating the slides and swinging fastening devices for said slides substantially as described.

2. A press provided with a holder and compression-slides,actuating-levers for the slides, a rock-shaft having arms linked to the levers, and a treadle connected to the rock-shaft substantially as described.

3. A press provided with a holder and compression-slides, a treadle for actuating the slides, screws or fastenings for fixing the compression-slides, swinging supports for said screws or fastenings substantially as described.

4. A press provided with a holder and compressionslides, fixing-screws or fastenings for the slides, and swinging or swiveling carriers for the screws substantially as described.

5. A press provided with a holder and oompression-slides, a treadle for actuating the slides, arms for holding down the slides and swinging fastening devices `for said slides substantially as described.

6. A press provided with a holder and compression-slides, a treadle for actuating the slides, arms for holding down the slides, and

rock-shafts for moving the arms into and out of action substantially as described.

7. A press provided with a holder and oppositely-located compression-slides, arms for holding down the slides, rockshafts for actuating the arms, gears for connecting the rockshafts and an actuating handle or lever for the shafts substantially as described.

8. A press provided with a holder and compression-slides, a treadle for actuating the slides, arms for holding down the slides, and rock-shafts for moving the arms into and out of action, said arms being made adjustable in length and the slides having seats for receiving the ends of the arms substantially as described.

9. A press provided with a holder and compression-slides,actuatinglevers for the slides, a rock-shaft having arms and a treadle for actuating the levers, ixing-screws for the slides, swinging supports 'or the screws, arms for holding the slides, rock-shafts for the arms, a strip made to coact with the holder, and actuating-screws for the strip substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WYMAN EATON. MICHAEL BOLAND.

Vlitnesses:A

THEO. H. ROTH, EDWARD DEDIOKE. 

